‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentrehttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xcg8as/pure_arrogance_anger_in_finland_as_google
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‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentrehttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre
Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone. After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and m…
AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests before construction is threatenedhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/22/ai-firms-say-uk-has-a-year-to-head-off-datacentre-protests-before-construction-is-threatened
Exclusive: Nvidia, Microsoft and Cisco taskforce urges ministers to offer areas greater benefits from tech infrastructure amid fears of US-style opposition AI companies have told ministers they have 12 months to head off public opposition to datacentres in the UK or risk US-style protests that could threaten their construction. Successive dry summers and rising energy bills are increasing public scrutiny of plans for the huge computer warehouses that are used to train and run AI models, says a submission to the Labour government from a group including the AI infrastructure companies Nvidia, M…
